Re: [Usability] Webpage: Project Info

["P G" <pg_gnome mail com>]

Hi, Seth

> Me. Is what you want a short HOWTO on the 
> best way to help improve GNOME
> usability or something to that effect?

I think everything in your reply would be 
helpful to someone who'd like to join GUP as
their first GNOME project, because it provides
a needed context and objective for newcomers 
to apply themselves to.  

Since I can't write a HOWTO, here's a possible alternative format -- though a more general 
HOWTO may be better.

==================
About the Usability Project

...
creation of a <a href=http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/>User Interface Guide</a> (HIG) ...

We hope that some kind of HIG-compliance will become a requirement for all GNOME applications   
and components.

We want usability to be taken seriously, and so
we need sensible GUP recommendations and a 
unified voice, to maximize their potency.  To 
that end, the GUP Leader (Seth Nickell) makes 
the final decision on recommendations and
positions of GUP including, but not limited to,
the HIG's and website's content.


        -------------------
FAQ

Q.  When I make a comment on the
<a http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/contact.html>mailing list</a>,
 how does that affect the software?

A.  If you can convince other people that your 
issue is important, and enough
racket is made, developers will often make the 
changes.  Sometimes, it takes convincing somebody with more influence with developers, 
so that (s)he in turn convinces developers to make the change for you.


Q.  When I submit a bug report on
<a href=http://bugzilla.gnome.org/>Bugzilla</a>, 
how does that affect the software?

A.  A Bugzilla report is generally more potent. 
It informs the developer directly that somebody
found a problem (or thinks they did). Usability bug reports should have the "Usability" keyword set.  If you can convince them that something 
is a usability problem, they're likely to change it.
===================

What about other UI GNOME groups?  If there 
are none, there's nothing to write about that. 
But I was wondering about the "GNOME UI team administrative mailing list", 
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-ui-hackers
and the "HIG list",  
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/hig, 
which has no description on the list info page 
(http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo).  Any 
info could go on the front page under "Related 
Groups", or on the Contact Page "Relater 
Lists".

Philip
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